Hinge for vanity-cases.



W.' G. KENDALL.

HINGE FOR VANITY CASES.

APPLICATION FILED IAII.25. I9I7.

Patented/May 8, 191?.

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WILLIAM G.V KENDALL, OF NEVARK, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1917.

Application led January 25, 1917. Serial N o. 144,508.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM Gf. KENDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex andA State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Hinges for Vanity-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to new and useful improvements in boxes and more particularly in hinge constructions for connecting boxes and covers, the primary object of my invention being the provision of an improved form of hinge for vanity boxes, although l do not intend to limit its use to such containers.

Vanity boxes as now constructed usually include a body and cover, each stamped from sheet metal, the two being connected by a. hinge in which the hinge leaves may be integral with the boxes and covers and connected by a pintle pin or in whichhinge leaves connected by a pintle pin may be riveted or otherwise secured to the box and cover. In the manufacture of vanity boxes cheapness of construction is a prime essential and at the same time all parts must be efficient and durable. A hinge construction necessitating the use of pintle pins or the employment of rivets or similar fastening devices is very expensive, when considered in relation to the total expense of the box, and the primary obj ect of this invention resides in the construction of a hinge which shall employ neither pintle pins nor separate fastening devices. v

A further object of my invention consistsl in the construction of a hinge of such a character that the box and cover may be readily assembled.

With these and other objects in view, my invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then speciically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form a part of this application.

In the drawings: Y

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conventional vanity box constructed with a hinge made in accordance with my invention, the cover being shown in open position;

Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional View 0f the box with the cover open, the cover being shown in elevation to clearly bring out the construction and positioning of the hinge;

Fig. 3 is an unassembled fragmentary perspective view of a box and cover provided with my improved hinge, a somewhat modified form ,of hinge construction being here shown;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the hinge employed in the construction shown in Fig. 3.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following' descriptionand indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

1n order to insure a clear and accurate understanding of my invention, l have illustrated it in connection with a conventional form of vanity box v1() stamped or otherwise formed from sheet metal and preferably cylindrical in shape. This box includes a bottom 11 and upstanding peripheral wall 1:2 which, intermediate its height, is preferably formed with an annular outstruck stop bead 13; Coperating with this box is a cover 14 having a depending annular flange 15 adapted to engage about the upper edge of the box and to abut aoainst the stop bead 13 when the cover is closed. This flange may be outstruck at one point, as shown at 16, to facilitate opening. A wedging ring 17 may secure a mirror 18 against the inner face of the cover, if desired. These features, however, form no part of my present invention.

rl'he peripheral wall 12 of the box is provided with a horizontal slot 19, either in or immediately above the bead 13 and the peripheral flange of the cover 14 is formed, preferably at a point opposite the outstruck portion 16, with a depending ear 20 forming a hinge member, as will be apparent. The free end of this ear is bent to lie in a plane at right angles to the remainder of the ear and adjacent portion of the flange 15 and is provided immediately adjacent its end and at each side with laterally directed locking tongues 21 which are bent inwardly somewhat, as shown in Fig. 1, in order that the portion of the ear carrying them may rest evenly against the inner face of the marginal wall of the box when the cover is in open position. The ear is also formed with a cleft 22 extending transversely of the ear from the inner portion of the base of one of the tongues, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 or the drawings. rThe manner of providing this cleft will be more fully described in connection with the form of hinge shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

Obviously, the ear being slidable in the slot 19 and being bent intermediate its length so that its free end portion extends at right angles to the remaining portion forms an efficient hinge connection between the cover and box, while the tongues projecting from the ear prevent any disengagement of the cover and box.

In Figs. 3 and 4f, I have illustrated a box and hinge construction which is identical with that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, except that the hinge proper is in the form of a plate 23 of sheet metal which is attachable to the iiange of the cover and which takes the place of the hinge ear 20. This plate is bent intermediate its length so that its terminals lie in planes at right angles to each other and the body portion of the plate is formed with a number of U or V-shaped clefts defining tongues 24 which are passed outwardly through slots formed in the flange 15 of the box cover and rebent to secure the hinge plate thereto. The opposite end of the ear is provided with a laterally directed tongue 25 corresponding to one of the tongues 21 and at its opposite side with a tongue'26 corresponding to the other tongue 21 but projecting at right angles to the tongue 25 and in eiiect forming a reduced continuation of the ear. The side edge of the ear adjacent the base of this latterV tongue 26 is provided with a V-shaped notch 27 of such depth and width that the tongue 26 may be bent to extend laterally from the ear and directly away 'from the tongue 25. lhen so bent, it will be obvious that the tongues 25 and 26 of the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4: will exactly correspond to the tongues 21 of the form first described and that the notch will have been closed so as to merely show a cleft corresponding to the cleft 22. As a matter of fact, the integral ear 20, of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is originally stamped out with the tongues and notch exactly corresponding to the tongues and notch of the hinge plate 23 but the parts in Figs. 1 and2 are shown in the position which they occupy when the hinge vhas been applied, while in Fig. 3 the parts are in the position which they occupy before assemblage.

Aside from the securing of the hinge plate 23 to the Hangs of the cover, the assemblage of the box with either the integrally formed `or separately formed hinge is the same.

The tongue 25 or Ythat tongue 21 more remote from the notch is passed inwardly through the slot 19 of the box so as to project beyond one end of the slot when the cover is twisted to swing the tongue 26 through the slot so that the body portion of the hinge plate or ear may be passed through the slot. The tongue 26 is then bent to extend in alinement Vwith the tongue 25, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, to permanently lool: the box and cover together.

This form of hinge may be economically manufactured as a single stamping process suliices to strike out both the blank for the cover and hinge from the sheet metal, the

hinge ear being formed from a portion of the sheet metal which would otherwise be waste or scrap. Furthermore, the box may be readily assembled with this hinge and no separable parts, such as pintle pins,rivets or the like, are required.

It will of course be understood that I reserve the right to make any changes, within the scope of the appended claims, without in the slightest degree departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: v

1. In a hinge construction, the combination with two members to be hinged, one being formed with a slot, of a hinge ear projecting from the other, a tongue projecting laterally from the ear at its free end, and a second tongue projecting forwardly from the free end of the ear at that side opposite the iirst tongue, the ear at the base of the second tongue being formed in its side edge with a notch whereby the second tongue may be swung to aline with the rst.

2. In a hinge construction, the combination with a receptacle having an upstanding wall formed adjacent its free edge with a horizontal slot and a cover having a depending flange to engage about the wall, of a hinge ear projecting from the iiange and substantially equal 1n width to the width of the slot, said hinge ear having its free end portion bent to extend at substantially right angles to its body portion, an anchory tongue extending beyond the free end of the ear and in the direction of the ear at the free side, such side of the ear being notched whereby afterv the first tongue Vhas been passed through the slot of the box wall and the ear swung to pass its free end through the slot after the irst tongue, the second tongue may be bent to aline With and extending in u direction opposite to the first tongue While still lying in the plane of the free end of the ear.

8. In u hinge construction, a hinge ear, zt tongue projecting laterally from one side of the ear at its free end, and t second tongue projecting in the direction of and beyond the ear at its free end and adjacent the opposite side of the ear, the ear at the base of the second tongue being formed in its side edge with a notch whereby the second tongue may be swung to extend in alinenient with the first.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature.

WILLIAM e. KENDALL. [L Sg copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

